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Natural disaster risk in infrastructure projects

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
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In this course, you will learn about the challenges that countries in Latin America and the Caribbean face in the context of natural disasters and climate change, and their consequent impacts on infrastructure projects and socio-economic development.

The course was designed with the aim of enhancing the project teams' capacity to proactively manage events that may affect a project, thereby increasing its likelihood of success.

What you'll learn

  • Recognize the importance of integrating disaster risk and climate change analysis into infrastructure projects.
  • Recognize the components of disaster risk, as well as the differences between different types of risks.
  • Identify the different perspectives or levels of detail in which risk analysis can be approached.

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Country and region Americas
Themes Climate change Critical infrastructure
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